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		Aeolun on Oct 12, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignitio... Given how long it took Fukushima to cool down, does this actually do anything appreciable in the two hours before arrival?

mcguire on Oct 13, 2021 [–]

I believe it means that, 2 hours before arrival, the reactor is off. Dead. Not generating heat.

They'd need to start shutdown sometime before that.

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